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Joe Medwick League
4-1-2058
Bruce Ruffin Relief Pitcher
Retired (1966, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.74 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/L
W-L 25-11 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
SV 2 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 01-19-1932
K 240 Drafted Undrafted
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(57 games)
IP 388.2
WHIP 1.58
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance D-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B-   Mentor Val C-
Speed D+ Bunt D- Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range F  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1951 CHA
0
 0
1
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 2 2 2 0 0
0
99.99
99.99
1952 CHA-PHI
0
 2
46
0
0
0
0
 0
52.0
 66 41 40 3 28
27
1.81
6.92
1953 PHI
0
 1
27
0
0
0
0
 0
30.0
 32 21 21 0 13
27
1.50
6.30
1955 PHI
0
 0
9
0
0
0
0
 0
9.0
 14 13 10 0 6
6
2.22
10.00
1957 PHI
2
 2
33
0
0
0
1
 2
38.0
 45 30 30 1 13
24
1.53
7.11
1958 PHI
7
 1
49
0
0
0
0
 1
50.2
 61 35 34 1 24
33
1.68
6.04
1959 PHI
0
 0
40
0
0
0
1
 1
46.0
 39 20 20 1 23
27
1.35
3.91
1960 PHI
4
 1
25
0
0
0
0
 0
24.2
 34 23 22 0 13
21
1.91
8.03
1961 PHI
4
 0
17
0
0
0
0
 0
23.0
 23 9 7 1 7
9
1.30
2.74
1962 PHI
2
 2
58
0
0
0
0
 7
54.1
 50 15 15 1 19
33
1.27
2.48
1963 PHI
3
 2
42
0
0
0
0
 1
36.2
 38 18 18 0 12
24
1.36
4.42
1964 NYN
1
 0
13
0
0
0
0
 2
15.1
 32 24 24 0 7
5
2.54
14.09
1965 NYN
2
 0
9
0
0
0
0
 0
9.0
 9 5 5 0 5
4
1.56
5.00
2058
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
25
 11
369
0
0
0
2
 14
388.2
 445 256 248 8 170
240
1.58
5.74
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Bruce Ruffin has retired from the New York Mets
1966-04-01The New York Mets have promoted Dave Anderson to the major league team. The New York Mets have designated Bruce Ruffin for assignment.
1965-04-13The New York Mets have acquired Bruce Ruffin from the waiver wire.
1965-04-13The New York Mets have demoted Art Maloney to the minor leagues.
1965-04-09The New York Mets have designated Bruce Ruffin for assignment.
1965-04-06The New York Mets have re-claimed Bruce Ruffin from the waiver wire.
1965-04-05The New York Mets have designated Bruce Ruffin for assignment.
1964-04-05The New York Mets have acquired Bruce Ruffin from the waiver wire.
1964-04-05The New York Mets have demoted "Jersey" Joe Hoskins to the minor leagues.
1964-03-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Gene Barron to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have designated Bruce Ruffin for assignment.
1957-04-01The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Paul Benavides to the minors.
1955-05-18The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Jim Nash to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Bruce Ruffin to the minors.
1955-04-26The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have designated Turk Farrell for assignment.
1954-04-25The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Gerry Denson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Bruce Ruffin to the minors.
1954-04-23The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team.
1954-03-03The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Icebox Chamberlain to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Joe Baker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Bruce Ruffin to the minors.
1953-09-07The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team.
1953-06-18The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Mike McConnell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Bruce Ruffin to the minors.
1953-04-29The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have designated Tim Ruckle for assignment.
1953-03-05The Philadelphia Keystones have sent Bruce Ruffin down to the minors.
1952-05-03The Philadelphia Keystones have promoted Bruce Ruffin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Keystones have designated Bobby Foxx for assignment.
1952-05-03The Philadelphia Keystones have renamed Lum Veras to Bruce Ruffin.
1952-04-20A trade has been completed between the Chicago Mafia and the Philadelphia Keystones. The Philadelphia Keystones receive Tim Ruckle, Lum Veras, Dave Grabowski, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 2 (CHA), Draft Pick - 1953 Round 4 (CHA) from the Chicago Mafia in exchange for Al Holland.
1951-10-03The Chicago Mafia have promoted Roger Mittlestet to the major league team. The Chicago Mafia have sent Dale Fromme to the minors. The Chicago Mafia have sent Doug Donohue to the minors. The Chicago Mafia have sent Lum Veras to the minors. The Chicago Mafia have designated Sinker O"Shea for assignment. The Chicago Mafia have designated Luis Stephen for assignment.
1951-09-29The Chicago Mafia have promoted Lum Veras to the major league team. The Chicago Mafia have promoted Sinker O"Shea to the major league team. The Chicago Mafia have sent Dave Grabowski to the minors. The Chicago Mafia have designated Harry Fuller for assignment.
1951-05-09The Chicago Mafia have promoted Harry Morgage to the major league team. The Chicago Mafia have sent Lum Veras to the minors.
1951-05-07The Chicago Mafia have promoted Lum Veras to the major leagues.
1951-04-01The Chicago Mafia have acquired Lum Veras from the waiver wire.